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    TERES

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Either of two muscles in the shoulder region that move the shoulders and armsplay

    Synonyms:

    teres; teres muscle

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("teres" is a kind of...):

    skeletal muscle; striated muscle (a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teres"):

    musculus teres major; teres major; teres major muscle (teres muscle that moves the arm and rotates it medially)

    musculus teres minor; teres minor; teres minor muscle (teres muscle that adducts the arm and rotates it laterally)

    Holonyms ("teres" is a part of...):

    shoulder (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)

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